Today, we come back into a sense of closeness with the divine presence. This Shabbat before Sukkot, we begin to see God not as transcendent king, but as immanent nurturer: We take refuge in God’s sheltering presence. Find protection and support - in the words we prayed earlier - in the sukkat shalom, the Holy One’s shelter of peace.
Read MoreThis Shabbat leads us into the final leg of our journey, the holiday of Sukkot, during which we are commanded to dwell in booths that serve as our temporary homes for 8 days. Without this holiday, we would quickly return to our ordinary lives, and risk losing everything we discovered on our journey from Tisha B’av to Yom Kippur. So, instead, we build a Sukkah, an in-between-space in which we can integrate what we learned.
Read MoreI’ve been looking for meaningful full-time work since crash-landing in Philadelphia in August. After living in Boston for eight years and being known and seen as a resource in the community, I suddenly found myself a stranger again, trying to make it as a rabbi in a new city – one full of other talented rabbis, no less.
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